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Friday, August 28, 2009

Translation

When I was in college I met a guy from Taiwan. I don't know howhe spelled his name, but it was pronounced Hi Ho. Since then I'vewondered how my name would translate into Cantonese or Mandarin,and if the people around would be amused if they heard it.

A few years ago there was a woman at an International FolkFestival painting people's names in Chinese. She didn't laughwhen she wrote it, but maybe she was just being polite.